Atlanta has the most variables affecting their situation. As is mentioned above McCown had a low salary and few game snaps, but I believe that he is just over the qualification threshold. Sidbury was signed for a little less, and did not play at all, so he was not counted. It would not matter if he did count, as Atlanta reached their four-pick limit. The Falcons also signed two players coming off of “voidable” deals. Stephen Jackson voided his contract in St. Louis, and the Giants voided their contract with Osi Umenyiora. I treated Jackson as a qualified player because it was not the team’s decision to lose him. Umenyiora’s “voidable” deal was just a way to push money to the future for cap purposes, so I did not reward the team for losing him. If Jackson is not counted, it could give Atlanta another 7th round pick if they have not hit their limit. If Umenyiora counts as a signing, it would likely take away a 7th round pick, but there is a slight chance Atlanta could lose their 5th for Grimes.

I did something similar to this a few weeks back, but I counted SJax AND Osi as offsets, and came up with us only getting 2 7ths. I'm not sure why this guy skipped Vance Walker, especially considering he started most of the season for the Raiders this year. Although I did skip Luke McCown, but that's only because I didn't think NO officially signed him after pre-season. I thought they released him. But maybe not.

I also didn't think voiding the last year of a contract mattered. If the team is losing a player of substance that had the potential to play for you that next season, and the player's future cap hit is above the $950k threshold, then the team qualifies for a comp pick. Of course subject to offset of any players they added from similar situation.

So I'm not sure about this guy's prediction. Plus, if Grimes does qualify for us because SJax nor Osi count as an offset, then Grimes' Miami contract puts him in top 20 CB's salaries and that's easily a 4th round comp, not a 5th.